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Teiluj groaned as she shifted about the home. When her husband, Lynxdaroch had meant children. He meant children. Though her belly wasn't yet swollen as she knew it would be as she progressed in her pregnancy. The monk knew the tell tale signs from her first two children.

The way her head would spin, her inability to keep anything down. Even trying to soothe her stomach with a famous root meant to ease her nausea wasn't helping this time around. At first it had started with a reduction to her appetite. Then any smell, no matter what it was, was pungent enough to send whatever contents sat in her stomach. Out onto the stones outside their home. It didn't help some of the beasts they were looking after, found the contents enjoyable. Which only fueled Teiluj's sickness.

Not long after that, the hybrid woman had found strange combinations for food. This hadn't happened with her first pregnancy, but Teiluj knew full well. She was with child. As the womanly part of her had disappeared.

Yesterday she had been in the kitchen putting together a sliced fruit dipped in a meat flavored liquid. Finding the combination enjoyable. When she had offered the same meal to her daughter, Zybilna had given her mother a horrified look and snubbed the offering. Mentioning something along the lines of her mother selfishly taking away her title of being the youngest in the family.

Today she was staring down a very large piece of of pie made from various berries found in Matori and Yael that had been found in the market this morning. Her mouth watered as she looked at the slice that she had given herself. Inside the pie were beads of meat. In front of her was a cup of hot liquid that had been steeped from the bark of a tree from Juahar.

Now that the cup was cooled, Teiluj reached forward and drizzled the tea like substance all over the pie. Watching as the crust absorbed the odd flavoring. Lifting a fork to her mouth Teiluj paused, watching someone enter the kitchen.

Pale green eyes watched her mate cross the room towards her. Quickly scooping up a portion of the food into her mouth. Chewing quickly, he was not going to take this delicious meal from her. Her body easing at the contact of his hand on her, letting out a sigh. The gulping of food was proceeded by the sound of the fork hitting the table. Her finger rising up to point first to the ceiling, then to herself. "I am a healer." She mumbled, quickly scooping another mouthful of the pie into her mouth.

She felt guilty, she hadn't told Lynx her suspicion of being with child again. Wanting to wait for the perfect moment, but that moment never seem to come and now, well now he was here already having the suspicion himself. She nodded, "and yes you're right I am. I just haven't found the right time to tell you yet." She remorsefully shoved another bite of the pie into her mouth. "They are both very healthy." She managed around the food waiting to see his reaction to knowing another set of twins were well on their way.

Teiluj slowed down her chewing to consider Lynx's opinion. His she smiled lovingly up at him. His heart was in the best of places, and that was one of the biggest things she loved about him. Taking a deep breath through a few more mouthfuls Teiluj thought the idea over, about finding a healer besides herself to check over the growing babies. Swallowing she smacked her lips her attention turned to the food on her plate.

The problem was that despite all the monk had been through, she still didn't really trust other people to be that close with her. Her husband and children were one thing, but it was an entirely different ordeal to try to trust another healer with herself. She didn't trust others that close to her proximity, and besides stress or not. She would just rather do it herself. That way if any problems arose, she wouldn't be stressing out anyone else along the way. Lynx already had so much on his plate she didn't want to risk adding to it with news from another healer. In the end she was likely to be stressing either way. It was just a matter of the lesser of the two.

"Nope." Teiluj finally blurted out shoving another portion into her mouth. "I love you Lynx. I just don't trust another healer to do the job right." Licking her lips to make sure none of the meat juices had been left behind she chewed quickly again.

"This isn't doing it, I think what I'm really wanting is that hot sweet cocoa with cheese melted in it. Oh, yes twins! And you're quite right it is all your fault. Though I suppose I did have some part to play in ending up this way." Teiluj muttered teasingly with a smirk on her face. Her mind had been whirling with strange cravings that just didn't seem to have a way of satisfying lately. Looking back towards her spouse. Teiluj lifted the plate and sheepishly offered it's contents to Lynx. "Want some?"

4

Lynx's offer of the hot cocoa brought a large grin to her face with a fervent thank you. Her eyes gathered in the full length of her husband. Her shoulders sunk with the consuming feelings of just how much she loved him. He was always thoughtful towards her needs. Attentive to what she needed, sometimes before she knew it. She in turn tried her best to make sure that he was appreciated in every way possible for the work he put into caring for his family. While she loved her children to death, it was her mate she loved the most. She wasn't going to deny it.

Shoving another mouthful of the pie into her mouth. She hummed, then sputtered the food out over her plate at the mention of triplets. "Somehow I think that may be just a bit out of our abilities. As stunning as you are, the odds of that many at one time just might not be possible." Teiluj ran her thumb along the edge of her lower lip. Wiping away the residue of her surprise to the mention of triplets. Her face deepening into it's often seen red. A phenomenon that only Lynx seemed to bring out of her.

Teiluj scratched the back of her head nervously at Lynx's teasing. Tears unexpectedly falling down her cheeks. His thoughtfulness in all the ways he cared about her was enough to warm her heart and she was grateful for it. "Just about five or maybe six." Teiluj sniffled. Moving quickly to wipe the tears from her face. "Thank you Lynx"

Waiting for him to bring her the mug so she could stir the cheese into the chocolate, Teiluj abandoned the pie on her plate. It was likely her family was not going to be eating the pie she had made, feeling a little guilty, Teiluj was reminded of the animals outback by a loud warning sound coming from one of the larger beasts outside. Which was quickly echoed by a radaku.

Swallowing back her tears, her head jerked towards the sound. She wasn't expecting any visitors. And she was certain that both twins were in their rooms for the night. Her eyes glanced nervously back to Lynx. As much as she craved trying the hot cocoa he was making, something about checking on the twins and seeing where the disturbance came from. Seemed a more pressing concern to her.

Teilujs fingers twitched against the mug. Raising one hand to slowly stir the cheese into the hot cocoa, her mind and emotions wavering uncontrollably from one emotion to the next.

"I-I ... I don't think you need to go? Do you? I mean we have so many powerful beasts out there. Nothing would be foolish enough to test those boundaries right. A-and those kids, they know not to be sneaking out. It's just the wind right? Yeah, just the wind." Teiluj reassured herself, lifting the chocolate cheese drink to her lips and making a small slurping sound as she tested to see if the drink had cooled enough to be consumable.

7
"Well, uh, no I suppose not." Teiluj mumbled around the lip of her mug. Slurping at the thick chocolate fluid within. Her eyes shifted to the rooms of her twin children. They were much too much like their father, especially their daughter. Zybilna had a way of finding any way of escaping and often without detection. That was what unsettled Teiluj, but she was getting older and starting to find the need to branch out and discover the world. She would be on her own soon enough and Teiluj knew she needed to be okay with her children finding their own footing in the world around them.

Placing a hand on her stomach Teiluj hummed a little. She felt she was doing the best she could by her family. Better than how she had been brought up to say the least. Unlike herself, her children didn't have to worry about being different or mixed. They didn't have to struggle hiding who they were from other's. No war to take any family away from them, and extremists were now so far and few between that the children were able to grow up in a very stable home.

Picking up a spoon to stir in the cheese a little more, she scooped up a clump. A long string of the substance dangled and thinned between the spoon and the mug. Pushing the spoon into her mouth Teiluj chewed while she continued to hum. "Let me know what you find?"

pale green eyes followed Lynx to the door. The warm drink slowly being consumed by the hybrid. Her eyes still fixed on the door until his return. She was uncomfortable with how often her moods shifted back and forth. But when Lynx returned with no news of concern her eyes flashed back towards the children's location.

She didn't bring the topic up knowing full well that Lynx would have detected the two if they had gotten out. That or Tao would have made an appearance. Watching him return she smiled up at him. Nodding her answer to his question. Pausing to look Lynx up and down. "Is everything alright? I have gotten news of Sarni's wonderful new blessings. Do you think maybe we should take a trip up to see them once these two are old enough? Having cousins their own age could be beneficial to them." Teiluj asked. Reaching her hand out across the table towards her husband.